''Acanthopale'' is a
plant
Plants are predominantly photosynthetic eukaryotes of the kingdom Plantae. Historically, the plant kingdom encompassed all living things that were not animals, and included algae and fungi; however, all current definitions of Plantae exclu ...
genus in the
Acanthaceae
Acanthaceae is a family (the acanthus family) of dicotyledonous flowering plants containing almost 250 genera and about 2500 species. Most are tropical herbs, shrubs, or twining vines; some are epiphytes. Only a few species are distributed in tem ...
plant family. The
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...
name is based on the classic Greek words for thorn ''ákantha'' and stake ''palum''. Some species in the genus are cultivated as
ornamental plant
Ornamental plants or garden plants are plants that are primarily grown for their beauty but also for qualities such as scent or how they shape physical space. Many flowering plants and garden varieties tend to be specially bred cultivars that ...
s.
Species
*Genus Acanthopale
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Acanthopale albosetulosa''
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Acanthopale aethiopica''
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Acanthopale azaleoides''
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Acanthopale confertiflora''
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Acanthopale decempedalis''
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Acanthopale longipilosa''
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Acanthopale macrocarpa''
Vollesen
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Acanthopale pubescens''
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Acanthopale tetrasperma''
Generally unaccepted species
*''Acanthopale cameronensis''
*''Acanthopale cuneifolia''
*''Acanthopale humblotii''
*''Acanthopale madagascariensis''
*''Acanthopale ramiflora''
Synonyms
*''Acanthopale laxiflora'' (syn. ''
Acanthopale decempedalis'')
*''Acanthopale cameronica'' (syn. ''
Acanthopale decempedalis'')
*''Dischistocalyx laxifloris'' (syn. ''
Acanthopale decempedalis'')
*''Acanthopale buchholzii'' (syn. ''
Dischistocalyx grandifolius'')
References
*Clarke, C. B. 1900. Acanthaceae, Vol 5. In: Flora of Tropical Africa (ed. W. T. Thiselton-Dyer). Lovell Reeve & Co., London.
*Tripp, E. A. Evolutionary relationships within the species-rich genus Ruellia (Acanthaceae). Systematic Botany, in press.
*Darbyshire, I. 2004. Acanthopale decempedalis . 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Bajado el 20-08-07. 2004. Acanthopale decempedalis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded the 20-08-07.
External links
on the Tree of Life Web Project Information of the genus Acanthopale, Acanthopale on the African Plant Database
Acanthaceae
Acanthaceae genera
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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